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Opera retakes top mobile browser spot from iPhone
According to May numbers from analytics service StatCounter, Opera is once again the most popular mobile browser in the world, narrowly overtaking the iPhone's built-in Safari browser. Of all the webpages that were loaded in mobile browsers in May, Opera had a 24.6% share to the iPhone's 22.3%. Nokia came in 3rd with 17.9%.Opera started the year ahead of the iPhone browser, but Apple's product passed it in February. Although they're both mobile browsers, we're comparing two very different products here.
Opera is supported on a huge number of devices from different mobile carriers worldwide, while Safari only runs on the iPhone. In effect, the competition doesn't tell us as much about which browser is the better product as it does about how popular the iPhone is compared to other devices.
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Subscribe to commentsJohn MecheJun 3rd 2009 11:44AM
I think that this may be an indicator that Apps are overtaking web browsing on iPhones. You don't have to fire up safari if you have an App to get your info.
LongshotXJun 3rd 2009 11:45AM
Safari crashes like there is no tomorrow.
tgreenlandJun 3rd 2009 12:17PM
In previous releases, safari did crash an awful lot. But safari is pretty darn stable now. I have an iPhone and have not had any troubles with the new releases. Thank god.
RawkerJun 3rd 2009 12:29PM
I have heard that these results can be misleading, most of the smart phone browsers report themselves as pcs, so it is comparing mostly feature phones
ZackJun 3rd 2009 3:40PM
This is misleading. If you look a little deeper, you'll see that Opera overtook the "iPhone" browser, but not Mobile Safari, since that result doesn't include the iPod Touch's Safari. When you group the iPod Touch and the iPhone as the same browser, Safari is still far ahead of Opera in the mobile market. Now, if you want to present it as only applying to cell phones, then Opera is indeed ahead of Safari used on the iPhone, but the first sentence of your post suggests otherwise.
radman1331Jun 4th 2009 3:25AM
Look who's misleading. If iphone and touch were combined, i would give safari only about a 6% lead. Far from being "far ahead". Plus, the article makes it crystal clear it is being compared to the iphone and itouch seperately. Not safari.
shellirussellJun 21st 2009 6:11PM
Most popular and best are apparently two different categories. Skyfire beats these hands down. Java and Flash!